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Who
Doesn't Live Here?
Designed
by: Marian
Davis, Meadowfield Elementary
1)
CORE CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE(S):
Sort objects by attributes (such as color, shape,
size, texture, etc.) and/or functions (objects,
animals, food, people).
(KPF1-8)
Grade
Level:
Kindergarten
Subject:
Math
2)
OVERVIEW:
Students will use manipulatives to practice
classifying and categorizing skills.
They will sort out a set of items with the
same attribute.
They will then include one item that does
not fit their sorting rule.
3)
FOCUS/ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How can we use manipulatives to sort objects by
attributes?
4)
TIME FRAME:
One 45 minute lesson.
5)
RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
Sorting
Sheet (Draw a simple house shape)
A
collection of sorting materials
6)
CULMINATING ASSESSMENT:
Teacher observation/students'
ability to sort out a set of items with a
particular attributes.
Who
Doesn't Live Here - Rubric
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Sort
objects by attributes |
| 2 |
Three
objects with the same attribute and one
with a different attribute. |
| 1 |
All
four objects have the same attribute. |
| 0 |
All
objects have different attributes. |
7)
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1.
Review sorting by displaying items from the
sorting
collection (shells, attribute blocks, marbles,
buttons, etc.).
2.
Select one of the items, such as a red block and
hold it up
so that everyone can see it.
Ask students to identify other items from
the collection that like this block in some way.
3.
As students identify items, place them in a set
together.
Have students tell how the items are alike.
Ask what the sorting rule is.
Did they sort by color, size, shape, of
type? Ask if they wee anything that does not belong in the set.
4.
Repeat this procedure using new sorting rules each
time.
5.
display materials and sort out a set of
three items with
the same attribute.
Include one item that does not fit the
sorting rule. Have students identify the misplaced object
and explain why it does not belong in the
group.
6.
Give each student a copy of the sorting sheet.
Tell them
that they are going to practice sorting.
7.
Explain that they are going to look at the
collection of
sorting materials and find 3 things that could
live in the
same house together and 1 thing that does not
belong in
the same house.
They will place the items in the four rooms
on the sorting sheets and ask classmates to find
the one that does not live in that house.
8.
Once students find the outsider, they must explain
why it
doesn't belong in the house with the other
objects. If
they cannot explain why, the student who collected
the objects will explain how he/she sorted the
items and why one does not belong.
9.
Students will sort several groups of objects.
Once they
have exhausted the supply of items in their
collection, they can draw things on their sorting
sheets. Encourage
them to use their imaginations when they draw and
not to be limited to things found only in the
classroom.
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